John F. Allen

Exactly right. It's why the idea of "UK PLC" was so grotesque - as if a nation was just a limited company, that could be wound up, taken over, merged or dissolved, with no roots in the past and no responsibility to the future.

💯The case for democracy is not that voters are always right, or wise, or good. It's that they can correct their mistakes. That's why it's so dangerous to have billionaires controlling the media or regulating the flow of information. It shuts down the immune system of democracy.

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

Lead the next discovery at the LMB. We’re recruiting Group Leaders to join our Structural Studies and @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social Divisions. Benefit from long-term support, access to outstanding core-facilities and a collaborative environment where science thrives. ➡️ mrclmb.ac.uk/research-lea...

The fact that the president's doctors are giving him the dementia test over and over again -- tracking his decline, most likely -- and that the president keeps bragging about having to take that test should be a five-alarm fire.

Great effort by @sofie-dot-rec.bsky.social to answer standing, and ask new questions about flexibility of photosynthesis. With a proper artistic touch! Happy to be part of it. Also thanks to Vera and Dennis for introducing us to those funky bugs.

I’m very excited to share the first big project from my PhD (my first proper-first, yay!) where we use cryoET and a fun new flavour of CLEM to study the re-organisation of photosynthetic machinery of cyanobacteria growing beyond the red limit of light. doi.org/10.64898/202...

I was kindly invited to give the final plenary at this year's American Society of Bioethics & Humanities annual meeting—I discussed being a global health professor who engages in advocacy One thing I got asked is: should scientists or healthcare professionals remain politically neutral?

I just feel that if you want us to go to the planets, you've got to have a better story than "it's our destiny". In any event it's a risky word.

Worth noting this, in light of Meta's temporary ban on the 'No Kings' Instagram account

You know a gene is selfish when its DNA twists the wrong way, as demonstrated by the left-handed double-helix proudly adorning the 50th Anniversary Edition of the multimillion copy bestseller on this topic.

“Look in the mirror, 🇺🇸”. No matter how many times you say “this is not who we are as a country”; right now it IS. 🇺🇸 has twice elected a corrupt, selfish bully who abandons allies, deals with enemies, rejects science and medicine, attacks other countries, harms the vulnerable and pardons criminals.

Private health parasitises the NHS. It tends not to have A&Es and Intensive Care Units because they are expensive/unprofitable. For real emergencies and for dumping of unprofitable patients, it exploits the NHS. In the former case, the extra time getting private patients to the NHS is a big risk.

Wow. Bet the Stasi would have enjoyed Palantir. Much quicker than all those card indices.

We can't afford to continue living under oligarchy, and as oligarchs' greed and folly drives the old system beyond its breaking point, we must seize the opportunity to build a better successor. eof/

Here is why getting "bogged down" is actually a superpower: They are climate heroes: Peatlands cover only 3% of the earth's land but store more carbon than all the world's forest biomass combined. Keeping them intact is one of our best defenses against climate change. 2/

Are you working in the field of bioenergetics, electron transfer, or mitochondrial biology? First presented in 1964, discover the history behind our Keilin Memorial Lecture and find out how to nominate (or be nominated!) for this prestigious prize by 2 November 2026: https://ow.ly/wJ8050ZQRNi

64 years ago, on the 27th of September 1962, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was published. It handled the environmental harm caused by the pesticide DDT and the disinformation spread by the chemical industry. Carson managed to sway public opinion and even policy. #otd #history 🗃️

🚨 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Please share! We're looking for an entomologist to join our dept.! I'm excited as it's broadly advertised to find someone who can build a stellar teaching program w/research on insect ecology. Deadline is tight (end of Oct.). Read more & apply at jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/235...

Planning a trip to the hills or mountains this weekend? With a mix of weather on the way, it’s important to be #WeatherReady. Check the mountain forecast before packing your rucksack so you’re prepared for changing conditions bit.ly/3N8rjHb

Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

New ad from the Norwegian Consumer Council @forbrukerradet.bsky.social about the declining lifespan, repairability and enshittification of products: Planned obsolescence v 2.0 Read their report forbrukerradet.no/shortlife

On the £36m donation to Reform UK from Ben Delo... Lib Dems: "Farage wants to bring Trump's America to our shores by buying his way into power. He's trying to get into No 10 as if it's a stop on a monopoly board" The PM "needs to introduce a cap on political donations. Our democracy depends on it"

And of course Reform will show they think us fools by claiming this man doesn’t want anything for his £36 million donation.

A third of nurses and a third of doctors were born overseas. Without immigrants the NHS would collapse. You are more likely to be treated by an immigrant than to be behind one in a queue. Massive underfunding of our NHS and lack of social housing were a political choice.

Ah, this Anthropic guy resigning over AI risks. lots of headlines. And I see little to no questioning of what he's actually saying. Well after all, he's the expert, right? He actually worked on this stuff, right? mashable.com/tech/anthrop...

Towards routine accurate electron-density studies of biological macromolecules. STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY Vol 82/9, 1044-1055 doi.org/10.1107/S205... E. Paknia, C. Flensburg, M. Leszek Chodkiewicz, R. H. Fogh, P. Keller, C. Vonrhein, C. Schulze-Briese, P. M. Dominiak, G. Bourenkov, G. Bricogneb, A. Charif

0.43 Å. The highest resolution protein structure determined. Archaeal rubredoxin protein structure bridging the gap between structural biology and quantum chemistry.

Ah, yes. 9/11. The day New Yorkers famously can’t remember where they were, what they were doing, or what exactly the weather was.

Which insects like to feed on Grass of Parnassus flowers in Lye Valley #fen today? Stripy hoverfly, probably a Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee queen and a Small Copper Butterfly for starters @friendlyevalley.bsky.social

The Chief Rabbi can’t have it both ways: he can’t both condemn those conflating UK Jews with Israel, and then do it himself by claiming UK policy towards Israel will harm UK Jews. Either UK Jews are distinct from Israel, or they’re not. Which is it, Rabbi? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one

I am looking for a lab manager for my group that I will be starting at the @fmiscience.bsky.social in February! We will use in situ structural biology to investigate dynamic ciliary processes. More info here —> bsky.app/profile/comp... #cilia #teamtomo #proteomics #protistsky

I just think that risking your life at a moment's notice to save people you've never met in exchange for no money is a better expression of patriotism than dressing up like a Poundshop paramilitary and intimidating families with kids trying to get onto a ferry.

It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Scenes like this did a lot of damage to Mosley and the BUF in the 1930s. Though that relied on Conservative papers reporting them.

Yes! Conscious AI is unlikely in digital computers because… … the brain is analogue news.mit.edu/2026/cogniti... & digital computers run on an impoverished set of numbers blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-problem-...

This is deeply shocking.

Privatisation has been deeply, systemically damaging for the UK. If Burnham does one good thing, this could be it. But not holding breath.

In situ #CryoEM structures of rice photosystem supercomplexes #photosynthesis #plants #StructuralBiology @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project! @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A sad day. Ada's pioneering work on the ribosome changed how we understand one of the central machines of life. She is a remarkable example of curiosity and boldness in pursuing questions that seemed impossible. Her scientific courage and persistence has been an inspiration.

Shame on Google -they used to care about accuracy. Now they can't wait to lick the boots of the delusional felon

It's a pity that Matt works for the Telegraph. He's far too good for that rag.

Welcome. #academicsky